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CAMBODIAn GenocideUNIT PLAN

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LEARNING OUTCOMES

Analyze the perspectives and motivations of a number of people who committed genocide in Cambodia.

Assess how accountable people from different ranks of the Khmer Rouge should be for the mass killings that took place.

Speculate in writing about how hearing the truth from the perpetrators might help Cambodians heal from these tragic events.

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Background Knowledge

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Previous knowledge to the Cambodian Genocide

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US Bombing in Cambodia: Political instability. Rise of Lon Nol to leadership.Khmer Rouge Exploitation:Utilized US actions for recruitment.Justified brutal policies based on perceived external threats.Beliefs of the Khmer Rouge:Thought outside ideas were contaminating.Targeted the educated, including doctors and lawyers.Persecuted religious groupsAlso targeted individuals with military and police affiliations.

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Which war was the U.S. active in?

Vietnam War

Cold War

Korean War

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Which group gained control over Cambodia?

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  1. Vietnam War
  2. Khmer Rouge

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  • Rooted in the belief that external influences corrupted Cambodia.
  • Labeled supporters as "pure," persecuted the "impure."
  • Used reeducation schools for state propaganda.
  • Mandated communal living to dismantle family structures.

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Children separated from parents. Children were the primary source of labor for the Khmer Rouge.

Dark Clothing. Everyone brought to these camps were forced to dye their clothes black to eliminate the spread of Western ideas of bright colored clothes.

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Joint Cambodian-UN Court:Established to prosecute surviving Khmer Rouge leaders.Initial Indictments:Prosecutors did not include genocide charges.Lack of confidence in making a genocide case for this mass atrocity.Potential Changes:Genocide charges may be considered in future indictments.Highlighting the complexity and challenges in establishing genocide cases.

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Khieu Samphan, 87, the former head of state, is the first official acknowledgement that the Khmer Rouge killed at least some of the estimated 2 million people.

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Alternative punishment methods are also prescribed within the existing sentence, forcing Duch to confront what occurred under his command.

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He could be asked to write letters to the victims’ families. There are many possibilities here that have not been explored and the court has the power to prescribe

The decision to shorten Duch’s prison time has also been sharply criticized by human rights advocates.

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Healing the Victims

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The motivations behind the Khmer Rouge

Who is being held accountable for these actions

Treatment of children and adults

Views of the Western world

What are they doing to make up for it now

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